† ferv.
Apparently meaningless: see context of quot. 1600, of which the phrase in quot. 1611 is probably an echo.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat
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beatc1000
to lay on?c1225
chastise1362
rapa1400
dressc1405
lack?c1475
paya1500
currya1529
coil1530
cuff1530
baste1533
thwack1533
lick1535
firka1566
trounce1568
fight1570
course1585
bumfeage1589
feague1589
lamback1589
lambskin1589
tickle1592
thrash1593
lam1595
bumfeagle1598
comb1600
fer1600
linge1600
taw1600
tew1600
thrum1604
feeze1612
verberate1614
fly-flap1620
tabor1624
lambaste1637
feak1652
flog1676
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slipper1682
liquora1689
curry-comb1708
whack1721
rump1735
screenge1787
whale1790
lather1797
tat1819
tease1819
larrup1823
warm1824
haze1825
to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839
flake1841
swish1856
hide1875
triangle1879
to give (a person or thing) gyp1887
soak1892
to loosen (a person's) hide1902
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. iv. 27 Boy. He saies his name is Master Fer. Pist. Ile Fer him, and ferit him, and ferke him.
1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley ii. i I..could haue ferd and ferkt y'away a wench As soon as eare a man a liue.
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v.1600see also
- overpedaling
- overpedalled
- overpedalling
- overpedals
- overpeer
- overpeered
- overpeering
- overpeers
- overpeise
- overpensive
- overpenthouse
- overpeople
- overpeopled
- overpeoples
- overpeopling
- overpepper
- overperch
- overperemptory
- overperfumed
- overperk
- overpersuade
- overpersuaded
- overpersuades
- overpersuading
- overpersuasion